The preliminary program for the 2015 ASA Annual Meeting is now available online here.

Please review this program to find information about panels, scheduling, and special events. Please note that this is a preliminary program, and information and assignments are subject to change.

For Annual Meeting programming updates and announcements, follow the ASA on Twitter, @ASANewsOnline.

If you would like to make any updates or edits to your submission, please do so through SSRN. You can follow the instructions below.

How to Edit Your Submission:Start by logging into your SSRN account at www.ssrn.com. If you do not know your password, you can click the ‘Forgot Password’ link. You can also contact Addie Jackson (
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) and she will assist you with your login details. Addie can also assist with updating your ASA submission on SSRN.Updating your ASA Submission on SSRN:1) Click on ‘My Papers’ in the left side menu. 2) Locate the title of your ASA submission and click the blue ‘Edit’ button.3) A pop-up will display, click on ‘Continue’. You are now on the submission page where you can make changes to the content of your submission. a) File Upload (optional): The paper should be in PDF format. The paper can be in any language, however, the title and abstract must have an English version.b) Paper Title: The system converts all titles to title case. The title must be in English. A non-English title can follow in parenthesis.c) Date: This is the date of the paper. The paper date is not required.d) Abstract: This is the summary for your paper. Also listed here are fields for keywords and JEL codes. The keywords and JEL codes are optional.e) Classification: IMPORTANT- please do not remove the ASA conference classification. This will result in dropping your submission from the program.f) Submit Revision to SSRN: after you have made the appropriate updates, click the ‘Submit Revision” button in the right side status box. A pop-up will display. Check the box and click on Submit. You will see a confirmation page when your revision has been successfully submitted.

How to Edit Your Contact Information:Start by logging into your SSRN account at www.ssrn.com. If you do not know your password, you can click the ‘Forgot Password’ link. You can also contact Addie Jackson (
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) and she will assist you with updating your affiliation.Updating your Contact Information in SSRN:1) Click on ‘Affiliations’ in the left side menu. 2) Click the blue ‘Edit’ button next to the affiliation you wish to edit.a) Enter your changes in the form and click on ‘Update’.3) If you want to add an Affiliation, please follow these steps.a) Click on the ‘Add Affiliation’ button.b) Enter the affiliation and click on ‘Search”.c) Click the affiliation you wish to add. You can also click on ‘See Departments” to see a list of departments we have for your affiliation.d) Click on ‘Submit’. Your new affiliation is now listed on your SSRN account.4) If you want to remove an Affiliation, please follow these steps.a) Click on the blue ‘Inactivate’ button next to the affiliation you no longer wish to have listed on your SSRN account.b) If you remove your affiliation, please add a new one following step 3 above.

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